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Agrostis stolonifera
Also called Creeping Bent, Creeping Bent Grass, Fiorin, Spreading Bent, Creeping bent, fiorin, Carpet Bentgrass, Redtop
Creeping bentgrass is a perennial turf grass that spreads by stolons to form dense mats, widely grown on golf course greens and fairways. It needs regular moisture and frequent mowing at low height to stay dense.
Agrostis stolonifera (creeping bentgrass, creeping bent, fiorin, spreading bent or carpet bentgrass) is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae. It is widely used as turf for golf courses. It flowers in spring and summer months.
It is the most commonly used species of Agrostis.
It is used for turf in gardens and landscapes, particularly on golf courses. Many of the putting greens as well as an increasing number of fairways in the northern United States are creeping bentgrass.
A. stolonifera is native to Eurasia and North Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia). It is possible that it may also be native to northern parts of North America, and in any case it has been widely introduced and naturalised on that continent and in many other places.
Bentgrass · Redtop · Seashore bentgrass · Rough bentgrass · Bentgrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agrostis stolonifera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
